Government Advisors & Appointees

Bring firsthand insight into policy, leadership, and global affairs with government advisors and appointees from The Harry Walker Agency. These trusted experts have served at the highest levels, offering unparalleled perspectives on governance, diplomacy, economic policy, and national security. With a deep understanding of complex systems and real-world experience, they deliver credible, impactful keynotes for audiences seeking insight and clarity on today’s most pressing issues.

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Gary Cohn

  • Vice Chairman of IBM; Fmr. Director of National Economic Council; Fmr. President & COO of Goldman Sachs
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Mohamed El-Erian

  • Chief Economic Advisor at Allianz; President of Queens’ College, University of Cambridge; Board Member (Under Armor); Author of Permacrisis
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Robert Gibbs

  • Former Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama and McDonald's Executive, and MSNBC Commentator
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Jack Lew

  • Secretary of the Treasury (2013-2016), White House Chief of Staff (2012-2013), Director Office Management & Budget (2010-2012), Citigroup Senior Executive, COO, New York University & United States Ambassador to Israel (2023-2025)   
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John Boehner

  • Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Senior Strategic Advisor to Squire Patton Boggs, and Author
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Lawrence Summers

  • Fmr. Treasury Secretary; Fmr. White House National Economic Council; OpenAI Board Member
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Rahm Emanuel

  • U.S. Ambassador to Japan (2021-2025), 55th Mayor of Chicago (2011-2019), White House Chief of Staff for President Barack Obama (2008-2010), U.S. Congressman (D-IL) (2002-2008)
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Jennifer Palmieri

  • Former White House Communications Director and Strategist, NYT Bestselling Author, and Political Commentator
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Mohamed ElBaradei

  • Former Vice President of Egypt, Nobel Laureate, and Expert on Geopolitics & Global Security
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Richard Thaler

  • Winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, Field-Defining Pioneer of Behavioral Economics, and Bestselling Author
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Al Gore

  • Fmr. U.S. Vice President, Founder & Chairman of The Climate Reality Project, and Nobel Laureate
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Dick Cheney

  • Former U.S. Vice President, Secretary of Defense, and White House Chief of Staff; Renowned Statesman and Bestselling Author
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Peggy Noonan

  • Pulitzer Prize-Winning Columnist for WSJ, NYT Bestselling Author of 'A Certain Idea of America' & many more, and Political Analyst for NBC & MSNBC
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Lawrence O'Donnell

  • Host of MSNBC's 'The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell' and Emmy Award-Winning Producer of NBC's 'The West Wing'
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Jim Messina

  • Renowned Campaign Manager, National Chair of Organizing for Action, and Expert in Blockchain Regulation
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Karl Rove

  • Former Deputy Chief of Staff & Sr. Advisor to President George W. Bush; MSNBC, FOX News, WSJ Contributor; NYT Bestselling Author of 'Courage and Consequence'
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Max Baucus

  • U.S. Ambassador to China; Chair of the Senate Finance Committee, and Board of Ingram Micro
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Cody Keenan

  • White House Director of Speechwriting for President Barack Obama; NYT Bestselling Author of 'Grace'
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Ambassador Daniel B. Shapiro

  • Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel; Senior Director for the Middle East & North Africa, National Security Council
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Ed Balls

  • UK Shadow Chancellor and Chief Economic Advisor to the UK Treasury (2010-2015)
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Elizabeth Duke

  • Governor of the Federal Reserve (2008-2013), First Female Chairman of a Top U.S. Bank, and Expert on Monetary Policy
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Jane Lute

  • Fmr. Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security; Fmr. Advisor to UN Secretary General; Board Member: Shell, Union Pacific, Marsh McLennan, the Atlantic Council, & CIS
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Ronan Farrow

  • Pulitzer Prize-Winning Investigative Reporter; Fmr. State Department Diplomat; #1 NYT Bestselling Author: 'Catch & Kill
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Karen G. Mills

  • U.S. Small Business Administration (2009-2013); Former Member of President's Economic Council, Fintech Expert
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Kevin Warsh

  • Fmr. Member of the Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System; Executive Secretary, National Economic Council, & Member of G31
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Joe Lockhart

  • Strategic Communications and Media Expert, Former Communications Exec for the NFL & Facebook, and Political Strategist
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Howard Dean

  • DNC Chairman (2005-2009), Governor of Vermont (1991-2003), and Leading Democratic Commentator
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R. Glenn Hubbard

  • Chairman of U.S. Council of Economic Advisors, Co-Chair of Committee on Capital Markets Regulation, and Dean of Columbia Business School
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Capricia Marshall

  • Chief of Protocol of the United States (2009-2013)
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Lynne Cheney

  • Bestselling Author: Chair, National Endowment for the Humanities (1986-1993); Second Lady of the United States (2001-2009)
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Michael Chertoff

  • Former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, Cybersecurity Expert and Founder of the Data Equilibrium Project, Co-Founder of The Chertoff Group
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Karen Hughes

  • One of the World's Foremost Communication Strategists, PRWeek Hall of Famer, and Counselor to President Bush
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Andrew Young

  • Civil Rights Activist, Former Ambassador to the UN, Congressman, Mayor of Atlanta, and Author of 'An Easy Burden'
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Carol Browner

  • Fmr. Director, White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy; Fmr. Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Board Chair, League of Conservation Voters
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Desiree Rogers

  • CEO & Co-Owner: Black Opal Beauty; Fmr. White House Social Secretary
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Natan Sharansky

  • Chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel, Prominent Human Rights Advocate, and Recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
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Dan Gillerman

  • Chairman of Blackstone Israel, Chairman & CEO of Gillerman Global, and Former Israeli Amb. to UN
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Daniel Kurtzer

  • Critical Voice on the Middle East, Israel & Egypt
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Elliott Abrams

  • Longtime Presidential Advisor on National Security in the Middle East and Venezuela and U.S. Dept. of State Special Representative
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Laura Blumenfeld

  • Prize-Winning Middle East Correspondent, NYT Bestselling Author, and Former Policy Advisor
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David Makovsky

  • Expert on U.S. Policy in the Middle East, Fmr. Sr. Advisor to U.S. Secretary of State, and Award-Winning Journalist and Author
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Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall

  • White House Homeland Security Advisor and Deputy National Security Advisor (2021-2025); Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy (2014-2017); Senior Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and Distinguished Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Huma Abedin

  • Chief of Staff to Hillary Clinton; Contributor, MSNBC; Board Member, Vital Voices; NYT Bestselling Author, 'BOTH/AND: A Life in Many Worlds'
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Olivier Blanchard

  • Former Chief Economist for IMF; Fred Bergsten Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics
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Tom Bossert

  • Former Homeland Security & Counterterrorism Advisor, President of Trinity Cyber, and National Security Analyst for ABC
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Lael Brainard

  • 14th Director of the National Economic Council (2023-2025), Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve Board (2022-2023) & Member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors (2014-2023), Former Under Secretary of the Department of the Treasury (2009-2013)
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Ambassador Terry Branstad

  • Former U.S. Ambassador to China, Longest-Serving Governor in U.S. History, and President of The World Food Prize Foundation
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William J. Bratton

  • Former Commissioner of New York City & Boston Police Department; Former Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department
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LaTosha Brown

  • Contributor to MSNBC, NYT, & More; Co-Founder, Black Voters Matter; Principle: TruthSpeaks Consulting, Inc.
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William J. Burns

  • Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) (2021-2025), Deputy Secretary of State (2011-2014), US Ambassador to Russia during the Bush Administration (2005-2008)
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Julian Castro

  • Political Analyst, NBC News & MSNBC; Fmr. Mayor of San Antonio; Fmr. Secretary of Housing & Urban Development
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Dr. Francis S. Collins

  • 16th Director of the NIH, Led the Human Genome Project, and NYT Bestselling Author
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Anita Dunn

  • Fmr. Senior Advisor to President Joe Biden; President Obama's White House Communications Director
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Bill Frist

  • U.S. Senator (R-TN) and Senate Majority Leader, Transplant Surgeon & Physician, and Chairman of Nature Conservancy's Global Board
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Eric Garcetti

  • 26th U.S. Ambassador to India (2023-2025, Biden Administration), 42nd Mayor of Los Angeles (2013 2022), Rhodes Scholar
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Gary Gensler

  • Professor of the Practice, MIT Sloan School of Management, Chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) (2021-2025)
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Dan Goldin

  • NASA'S Longest-Tenured Administrator; Founder: Cold Canyon; Senior Advisor, Cerberus Capital Management
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General Tim Haugh

  • Former Director of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command & Strategic Advisor at Ballistic Ventures
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Amos Hochstein

  • Senior Advisor to the President for Energy and Investment (2022-2025), Special US Envoy, Lebanon (2022-2025); Executive Vice President at Tellurian Inc. (2017-2020)
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Krisztina 'Z' Holly

  • Curator & Host of 1st Ever TEDx; Fmr. Vice Provost for Innovation at USC; Operating Partner at Good Growth Capital
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Will Hurd

  • Cybersecurity Executive, Former CIA Officer and U.S. Representative (R-TX), and Author of ‘American Reboot’
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Mark Hyman, MD

  • 15x NYT Bestselling Author, Podcaster, and Founder of The UltraWellness Center
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Jay Inslee

  • Governor of Washington State (2013-2025); U.S. House of Representatives (1999-2012) 
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Sam Kass

  • Former White House Chef and Senior Policy Advisor for Nutrition, Author, Founder, and Venture Partner
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Ban Ki-moon

  • Secretary-General of the UN; President & Chair of Global Green Growth Institute; & Founder of Ban Ki-Moon Centre for Global Citizens
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Ron Klain

  • Chief of Staff to President Biden (2021-2023) & Longest Serving First Chief of Staff for Any Democratic President
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Rohini Kosoglu

  • Former Deputy Asst. to President Biden & Policy Advisor to VP Harris, Fellow at Stanford HAI, and Venture Partner
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Michael LaRosa

  • Former Press Secretary to the First Lady and Special Assistant to the President
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Deborah Lipstadt

  • Ambassador (ret.) / Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism (2022-2025), with the rank of Ambassador, Distinguished University Professor, Emory University
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Kevin McCarthy

  • 55th Speaker of the House
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Iuliia Mendel

  • Ukrainian Journalist, and Former Press Secretary and Spokesperson for President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
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David Miliband

  • CEO of the International Rescue Committee, Former Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (UK)
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General Mark Milley

  • 20th Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff; Fmr. Military Advisor to President, SecDef, & NSC
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Steven T. Mnuchin

  • Former Secretary of Treasury, Founder of Dune Capital Management and Liberty Strategic Capital, and Expert in Global Finance Markets
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Mike Murphy

  • Famed Conservative Political Media Consultant, Senior Analyst for NBC News & MSNBC, and Top Campaign Advisor
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David Plouffe

  • Fmr. Obama White House Senior Advisor; 2x NYT Bestselling Author: 'The Audacity to Win' & 'A Citizen's Guide to Beating Donald Trump'
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Wendell Potter

  • Health Insurance Reformer, Whistleblower, News Media Commentator, NYT Best Selling Author
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Michael S. Regan

  • 16th Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; The 1st Black Man to Lead the U.S. EPA
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Symone Sanders Townsend

  • Host & Anchor, MSNBC's 'The Weekend'; Author, Political Strategist, Former Senior Advisor for Vice President Kamala Harris
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Keechant Sewell

  • SVP of Security & Guest Experience for The Mets and 45th NYPD Police Commissioner
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Sully Sullenberger

  • Miracle on the Hudson' Captain; Fmr. UN Aviation Ambassador; #1 NYT Bestselling Author: 'Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters'
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John J. Sullivan

  • Former United States Ambassador to Russia (2019-2022) and Former United States Deputy Secretary of State (2017-2019)
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Jake Sullivan

  • U.S. National Security Advisor (2021-2024), Director of Policy Planning, US Department of State (2011-2013), Deputy Chief of Staff,  US Department of State (2009-2011)
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Jean-Claude Trichet

  • Current President of the French Academy of Moral and Political Sciences, President of European Central Bank (2003-2011); Honorary Chairman for Group of 30 (G30)
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Paul Tucker

  • Deputy Governor of the Bank of England (2009-2013); Author of 'Unelected Power', and Chair of the Systemic Risk Council
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Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH

  • Public Health Futurist; Fmr. CDC Director & Fmr. Chair of NIH AIDS Research Advisory Council at the NIH

Laura Tyson

  • First Female Chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisors (1993-1995); Director of the National Economic Council (1995-1996)

John Ashcroft

  • Attorney General of the United States, 2001-2005

John Hope Bryant

  • Founder, Chairman and CEO of Operation HOPE

Todd Buchholz

  • Former White House Director of Economic Policy, Best-selling Author, Economist & Trend Forecaster

Tipper Gore

  • Advocate, Activist, Artist and Philanthropist

Fred Hochberg

  • Longest-serving Chairman in Export-Import Bank history; High-ranking business leader in the Obama Administration

Daniel Hoffman

  • CIA Russian Operations Expert, Former CIA Senior Executive, Expert in Cyber Security and Counterterrorism

Michael Leavitt

  • Expert on Healthcare and Environmental Policy

John E. McLaughlin

  • Former Deputy Director and Acting Director of Central Intelligence

Moises Naim

  • Senior Associate in the International Economics Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Raghuram Rajan

  • 23rd Governor of The Reserve Bank of India

Marshall Shepherd

  • Leading International Expert on Weather, Climate and Atmospheric Related Sciences

Tina Tchen

  • EVP and Chief Strategy and Policy Officer for the Obama Foundation, Former President & CEO of Time's Up

Ertharin Cousin

  • Executive Director, World Food Programme (2009-2017)

Anirban Basu

  • Chairman & CEO of Sage Policy Group

Nicole Malachowski

  • First Woman Thunderbird Pilot, Combat Veteran, Fighter Squadron Commander, White House Fellow & Adviser, and Indomitable Spirit

Donna Brazile

  • Veteran Democratic Political Strategist

Jamie Metzl

  • Expert on Asian Economics and Politics, Genetics Revolution

Peter R. Orszag

  • Member of President Obama’s Cabinet and Director, Office of Management and Budget (2009-2010)

Jeremy Rifkin

  • Author, Economic and Social Theorist, Advisor to the European Union and Heads of State, and President of the Foundation on Economic Trends

Dr. Mark T. Esper

  • Former U.S. SecDef, Bestselling Author of 'A Sacred Oath', and Commissioner, U.S.-China Economic and Security Review

Maha Abouelenein

  • CEO & Founder of Digital & Savvy, Author, Entrepreneur and Host of the Savvy Talk Podcast

Dr. Adjoa B. Asamoah

  • The "Crown Act" Champion, Racial and Gender Equity Czar, Social Impact Strategist & Global Leadership Guru

Amy Blankson

  • Authority on Happiness in a Digital Era; Member UN Global Happiness Council; Best-Selling author of The Future of Happiness

Barbara Boxer

  • U.S. Senator (D-CA) (1993-2017)

Richard Breeden

  • 24th Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Nancy Brinker

  • Widely Regarded as a Leader in the Global Breast Cancer Movement

Mark Brzezinski

  • Former United States Ambassador to Sweden (2011-2015)

Fred Burton

  • Global Terrorism and Security Expert and New York Times Bestselling Author

Andrew Busch

  • Economic Futurist; 1st Chief Market Intelligence Officer, US Government

Joseph Califano, Jr.

  • Former Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare

Elan Carr

  • Attorney, Politician, and Former U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism

Jessica Chen Weiss

  • Michael J. Zak Professor for China and Asia-Pacific Studies at Cornell University, Senior Fellow at Asia Society Policy Institute, Center for China Analysis, Author of 'Powerful Patriots: Nationalist Protest in China's Foreign Relations

Richard Culatta

  • Internationally Recognized Learning Innovator and Tech Futurist

Steven Eastaugh

  • Expert on Health Finance and Economics

Stuart Eizenstat

  • Co-chairman of the European-American Business Council (EABC)

Edward Fishman

  • Leading Authority on Economic Statecraft, Author of 'Chokepoints: American Power in the Age of Economic Warfare', Former Top Sanctions Official at the U.S. State Department, Senior Research Scholar and Adjunct Professor at Columbia University

Brian Forde

  • CEO and co-founder of Numero, Former Senior Advisor at White House

Amaryllis Fox

  • Former CIA Clandestine Service Officer, New York Times Bestselling Author of 'Life Undercover', and Peace Activist

Anthony Gardner

  • Former United States Ambassador to the European Union

Agnia Grigas

  • Energy and Political Risk Expert

Ben Harris

  • Vice President, Brookings Institution; Former Chief Economist of the Treasury Department & Advisor to President Biden; Author

Van Jones

  • Political Contributor for CNN, 3X NYT Bestselling Author, Social Entrepreneur & President of Dream Corps

Aaron Keyak

  • Former Deputy Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, Council on Foreign Relations Term Member

Delano Lewis

  • Former Ambassador to South Africa and Former President and CEO at NPR

Tzipi Livni

  • Israeli politician, diplomat and lawyer

Jason Ma

  • Founder, CEO and Chief Mentor of ThreeEQ; Leading Member of The B20 for The G20

Pippa Malmgren

  • Former Presidential Economic Advisor and Bestselling Author

Anja Manuel

  • Co-Founder and Principal, Rice, Hadley, Gates & Manuel LLC

Joe McCannon

  • Expert in Large-Scale Social Change

Leonard Frank McCarthy

  • International Authority in Integrity Risk Management

Joseph McMonigle

  • Former Secretary General of the International Energy Forum, Global Energy Expert, International Affairs & Geopolitics Analyst, Saudi Arabia Expert

Brian Mosteller

  • Director of Oval Office Operations (2009-2017)

Dan Mulhern

  • Co-Founder LeadingX2

Roy Neel

  • Chief of Staff to Congressman, Senator, and Vice President Al Gore

Michael Oren

  • Historian, Former Israeli Leader, Former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S., and New York Times Best-Selling Author

Jonathan F. P. Rose

  • Renowned Urban Development Thought Leader

Theresa Payton

  • First Female White House Chief Information Officer; AI Strategist; Business and Personal Security Expert; Privacy Visionary

Robert Pozen

  • New York Times Best-Selling Author of Extreme Productivity

Itamar Rabinovich

  • Former Israeli Ambassador to the United States

General John 'Jay' Raymond

  • United States Space Force General, Ret. (2019-2022), Commander of the United States Space Command (2019-2020)

April Rinne

  • Global Authority on New Economies, Innovation, and Future of Work, and Author of the Business Bestseller 'Flux'

Nouriel Roubini

  • Professor of Economics & International Business, Stern School of Business, New York University

Scott Rouse

  • Renowned Behavioral Analyst and Non-Verbal Communications Expert

Anthony Scaramucci

  • Founder and Managing Partner, SkyBridge Capital

Mike Schmidt

  • Inaugural Director of the CHIPS Program Office (CPO) at the U.S. Department of Commerce

Cheryl Shavers

  • Silicon Valley Success Story

Allen Sinai

  • President and Chief Global Economist, Decision Economics, Inc.

Judy Smith

  • Crisis Strategist and Communications Advisor

Nancy Soderberg

  • U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, 1997-2001

Pete Souza

  • Former Chief Official White House Photographer for President Obama

Joseph Stiglitz

  • Recipient of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics

Tevi Troy

  • CEO of the American Health Policy Institute